CLINICAL IMPACT OF CREATING A PREDETERMINED ATRIAL COMMUNICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION USING THE ATRIAL FLOW REGULATOR DEVICE

Authors :: Joseph J. Vettukattil
Ramasamy Rajeshkumar
Ata Firouzi
Bennett P. Samuel
Vishal R. Kaley
Kothandam Sivakumar
Sven Dittrich
Nagib Dahdah
Dietmar Schranz
Daniel Springmuller
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A1948
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic progressive disease with mean pulmonary arterial pressure (MPAP) >25 mmHg, progressing to right ventricular dysfunction, heart failure and death. Medical management remains challenging with unpredictable outcomes. The efficacy of an interatrial shunt in

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Flow regulator
Pulmonary arterial pressure
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Right ventricular dysfunction
Internal medicine
Heart failure
Interatrial shunt
Cardiology
Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Progressive disease

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